Prevalence of Head Lice Among Pupils of Some Primary Schools in Kirbala Province

Abstract

It is found, in a study conducted in three primary schools for girls in karbala from January 2004 to Sept. 2005, that the highest rate of injury is among pupils of (8-10) years which is 16.2%) compared with pupils aging (6-8) years.The injury is rife among thick-haired females rather than the short-haired females which is ( 19.09,0.68%) respectively . It is noticed, via (T-test), that the educational standard for the parents is of paramount significance regarding the spread of the infection (louse) where it is found that girls having educated parents are less exposed to the infection than the girls with parents of low standard of education in addition to the significant differences between the length of hair with the infection with lice and the significant differences between the educational standard of the parents and the infection.